![]() Kenneth (1990) – Kenneth MacAlpin – united the Picts and Scots into Scotland A couple of the books from my collection. Some of my favorite novels of his that inspired my trip to Scotland were (in historical order):Ĭolumba (1987) – about Saint Columba (561-597) It has been nearly three decades but I believe my first novel was his “Lord and Master (1973)” that took place during the reign of James the VI (1574-1587). I recently expanded my personal library of his works and look forward to reading these books again and discovering some of the ones I missed the first time around. All told, I have likely read dozens of his novels during high school and into university. I started reading Nigel Tranter’s novels in elementary school when I discovered them at the local library in Shetland, Ontario. I enjoyed this novel as well though it was not my first Tranter novel. ![]() His first was “The Queen’s Grace (1953)” on Mary Queen of Scots. The novels that caught my attention however, came from later in his career when he started writing novels that focused on historical characters. He published his first book “The Fortalices and Early Mansions of Southern Scotland in 1925 and his first novel was Trespass. Nigel Tranter was born in Glasgow and served in the Royal Artillery in WWII.
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